Acts 8:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ And he said, How is it possible for me to do so unless someone explains it to me and guides me [in the right way]? And he earnestly requested Philip to come up and sit beside him.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

Common English Bible

³¹ The man replied, “Without someone to guide me, how could I?” Then he invited Philip to climb up and sit with him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And he said, "But how can I, unless someone will have revealed it to me?" And he asked Philip to climb up and sit with him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

Acts 8:31 Cross References

2 Kings 5:26

But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept silver and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?

2 Kings 5:9

So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and halted at the entrance of Elisha’s house.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you.

Isaiah 35:8

A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God’s people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.

Mark 10:15

Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.”

Acts 8:30

So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Acts 8:32

Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.

Romans 10:14

But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him?

1 Corinthians 3:18

Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.

1 Corinthians 8:2

Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge,

James 1:10

and the rich in having been humbled, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.

James 1:21

Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.